#78D0CA#78D0CA

#78D0CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.086 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D0CA
RGB	rgb(120, 208, 202)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(176, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 0%, 2.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -27.90, -5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 28.40, 190.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0844 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.086 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9581, 53.3660, 64.0080)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D0CA #D0787E

analogous

#78D09E #78D0CA #78AAD0

triadic

#78D0CA #CA78D0 #D0CA78

tetradic

#78D0CA #9E78D0 #D0787E #AAD078

square

#78D0CA #9E78D0 #D0787E #AAD078

split-complementary

#78D0CA #D078AA #D09E78

monochromatic

#359992 #4BC0B8 #78D0CA #A5E0DC #D3F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#78D0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#78D0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D0CA

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D0CA	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 208, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.086 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4deda',
    500: '#78d0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d0ca;
$custom-light: #a4deda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.909,
    "s": 48.352,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80073,
    "c": 0.08567,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D0CA

secondary

#9E4E54

accent

#2A34BC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F6FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#808483

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D0CA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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